Some antioxidants may lower dementia risk
Antioxidants are a type of compound found in vegetables and fruits. They help protect your cells from a certain type of damage.
Eating lots of...
Scientists find how to predict who develops Lewy body dementia
Scientists from Mayo Clinic found that a lack of shrinkage in the area of the brain called the hippocampus may be a sign that...
Ginger and chili peppers work together to lower cancer risk
For many people, there's nothing more satisfying than a hot, spicy meal.
But some research has suggested that capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers...
COVID-19 vaccines could protect your life regardless of body weight
Scientists from the University of Oxford found that COVID vaccination could protect people regardless of their body weights.
The research is published in The Lancet...
Post-pandemic diet shifts could save 26 million lives a year
Scientists from Edinburgh University found that encouraging people to eat more fruit and vegetable post-pandemic could avert up to 26 million deaths every year...
Obesity and aging linked to higher Alzheimer’s markers in the brain
Scientists from Brock University found that when a high-fat, high-sugar diet that leads to obesity is paired with normal aging, it may contribute to...
Heart attack survivors may have lower risk of Parkinson’s disease
Scientists from the Aarhus University Hospital found that people who have had a heart attack may be slightly less likely than people in the...
This type of diet may increase gut inflammation
Scientists recently found that a high dietary intake of animal products, processed foods, alcohol, and sugar is linked to a gut microbiome that encourages...
Scientists show an important cause of dementia in some older people
Scientists from UCLA and Washington University in St. Louis found that traumatic brain injury can be a cause of dementia in some older adults.
The...
How a gut infection may cause chronic symptoms
Sometimes the end of intestinal infection is just the beginning of more misery.
Of those who contract traveler’s diarrhea, for example, an unlucky few go...